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Hot Hits
Sinbad
StrathmoreFri. Dec 13 Beloved comedian and actor Sinbad has been making audiences laugh for more than three decades.
A Motown Christmas
Signature TheatreThru Dec. 21 The holidays get a smooth new groove when delivered motown style in a fun, upbeat and soulful yuletide treat.
Maz Jobrani
The Kennedy CenterFri. Jan 31, 2020 Iranian American comedian and actor Maz Jobrani returns to the Kennedy Center.
NSO Pops: Game ON!
The Kennedy CenterWed. Jan 8, 2020 Mesmerizing celebration of symphonic video game music in its world premiere.
Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars
StrathmoreFri. Jan 31, 2020 Devoted to promoting the complete story of Cuban music.
Becoming Jane
National GeographicThru Jun. 1, 2020 Explore Dr. Goodall’s early years through iconic images and a multiscreen experience and venture on a 3D exploration of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park where she did her famous behavioral research on chimps.
My Fair Lady
The Kennedy CenterDec. 17, 2019 – Jan. 19, 2020 From Lincoln Center Theater comes “a sumptuous new production of the most perfect musical of all time” (Entertainment Weekly)
Washington Performing Arts: Kian Soltani
The Kennedy CenterWed. Jan 22, 2020 He joins acclaimed pianist Julio Elizalde for a program that ranges from Beethoven’s spirited fifth cello sonata to Arvo Pärt’s mesmerizing Fratres.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
StrathmoreDec. 17 – 19 Join Maria-Clara and the Nutcracker Prince as they set off for a magical adventure…in modern day New York City.
Come From Away
The Kennedy CenterThru Jan. 5, 2020 Takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them.
Step Afrika! Step Xplosion
StrathmoreSun. Jan 12, 2020 Tracing step’s roots to the African American percussive traditions of patting juba, hambone, ring shout, and tap.
A Jazz New Year's Eve: Branford Marsalis
The Kennedy CenterTue. Dec 31 Ring in 2020 in style when our always popular A Jazz New Year’s Eve returns to the Terrace Theater.
Spotlights
Washington Performing Arts: Anne-Sophie Mutter
The Kennedy CenterSat. Feb 1, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Kinan Azmeh CityBand
Sixth & ISat. Feb 8, 2020
NSO Pops: A Holiday Pops! with Leslie Odom, Jr.
The Kennedy CenterDec. 13 – 14
National Philharmonic: Handel's Messiah
StrathmoreDec. 21 – 22
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
National ArchivesThru Jan. 3, 2021
Live Dangerously
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jan. 20, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: Midori & Thibaudet
StrathmoreSat. Jan 25, 2020
A Christmas Carol
Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre LabThru Dec. 29
Choral Arts Society of Washington: A Family Christmas
The Kennedy CenterTue. Dec 24
NSO: Handel's Messiah
The Kennedy CenterDec. 19 – 22
A Christmas Carol
Ford's TheatreThru Jan. 1, 2020
Washington Performing Arts: MLK Tribute Concert
The Kennedy CenterSun. Jan 26, 2020
